Tull-pashipned stocking



PULL PASH0NE DDDDDDD NG Patented ()ct. 14, 1930 -UN!TED STATESPATENToFFICE ThiS inventioI1 TelateS to hosiery aTld lIloTe )rtiou1arlyto o IIlethod of Inanufaotoring fl111 faShioned stocking vvherebytoobtain a SllbStantially f1at SeaIn in the foot, toe and heel PortionS ofthe Stocking.

In the nlanufoctufe of 11osiery it 11aS bee]1- tho ooInInon practice toI eiI1foI'oe the toe, foot and hee1 portions thereof in ofder toiIlorease the vveofing Cl112tlitieS of the Stooling. InS- noch aS it iSneceSSary iI1the IT1I1I1faot11Te of fI111 faShioned hoSiery to Sean1 thefoot froIn toe to hee1 along the edgeS of the foot, thiS SeaIn beingextended vertically along the baok of the hee1 toword the top ofStooking, variouS atteInptS have been Inade froIn tiIno to time toredoce the bolk of}the SeaIn. A bn1ky SeaIn is I1ot on1 7;nnSightly tothe eye bLlt iS )articnlarly obieotionable vhen it iS in the sol.e andhee1 of Stocking for the obviouS reaSon t11at it is onooInfoftable tothe vveafeT. The faot that it is t11e foot of the Stocking vvhioh iSordinorily heavily I'e inforCed only aggTvteS the obieotionableoondifion referfed to.

ItiS among the rinoi o1 obieotS of thiS invention to so fobTicate a fu11faShioned Stooking aIld I)artiolllarly the foot Poftion thereof as toSobStntia11y eliII1iIlate t11e bl111{ y, unSightly and genefa11y 11arC1-SeaIn vvhich iS roduced vvhen t11e adioining edgeS of the roinforcedortionS of tho stocking re seaIned toget11er. 4 A forther obiect of theinvention iS to so trealt t11o edges of the stooking vvhic11 aTe to beioined together tllat the feSnltont SeaIn iS oonSiderably SIna11e andflatteI' thon that heTetofoTe obtaiIle(1 ond iI1 oonSeqtlenoe ofvhiChthe Stoc1ing iS rendered In11ch Tnore COInfoftable to t11e.vveaJTeI'.

Stoted SoInevvhaf Inore SPeoio1ly, the ob ect of thiS invention iS toelin1inate o11 SpliciIlg, I)1oiti1g oI' reinfofcenlent at the IT1argina1edgeS of the norTnally feinforced.

poftionS of the Stooking. ThiS I1ot only InaleS it PosSible to obtaif1oJ SIIlallef, 11Lttef nd InoTe uniforn1 Sean1 extending fron1 toe tohee1 of the Stoo1(ing, bot alSo Inakes u1 neceSSary that o eration iI1bar to ing vvhich is knovvI1 as 1ooSe oourSe Inaking, thiS o er- ()theI'obects and advantageS of the iIlveI1- tion vvi11 aPpeaT IT1ofe fI111yfroIn a feooing of tho follovving deSori tion.

In the aocoIn onying dTWingS, Which are Inerely i11I1StI'tive of theprinoiples of the preSent inventioI1= igure 1 iS a orti1 plan view of af1111- faShioIleCl Stooking vveb Shovving t11e heel tbS of prolongationSthereof kIlitte(1in oonfoTIn ity vvit11 the PriIloipleS of the pfeSenti11veI1- tion 1 igl1re 2 i1111stToteS the Inanner iI1 vV11ioh thefo11-foshioned foot iS a ended aS on iI1- tegral continI1ation of thefabio shown in `igore 1, this foot being also knitted 111 coI1- fOTInityvvith the preSent inventioI1;

igure 3 is aTtial elevational view Shovving the relative )oSitioI1 ofthe InoTgiIlal odgeS of the foot poftion of the StookiI1g)TeliII1ina1^ily to the SeaIning operation;

FigETe Shows the oomplete(1 seaIn; and

1 igure 5 iS a viovv taken on the line 5-5 of ignre 4.

1efeTfing IT1oI'e SPecic1ly to the dravvings aI1C1 Pafticularly to igure1 thereof, it v7i11 be obServe(1 thot the stooking ooInpriSeS the11SIla1 vveb 10 having the TeiI1foroed hee1 por tioI1S 11, thereinforceInent of t11eSe hee1 Poft-ioI1s 11 being obtoined in thellsIla1 nlannef, auS bythe llSe of II1111tiI)1e threadS. TheSe feinforoed 11eel portionS 11 of the Stooking are eXtended lengthTviSebeyond the to Ping edge 12 of the stooking vveb 10 to foTn1 hee1tobS oI'prolongations 13,

1 igure 2 i1111StTates the I1S111 Inanner of Sec11ring t11e footortioI1, deSignated gener- 111y by the Teference nun1era1 1, to thebotton1 end of the1eg portion of the stooking,

t being obServed that thiS iS effeote(1 by u11- 1ng the hee1 tabS 13 inoppoSite direotionS so that the inneI' edgeS 15 theTeof are oI1 aStraight line vvith the bottoIn edge 12 of the Web of the Stocking.vvith the portS 13 of the StoCking thuS StIaightened ollt, the bot ton1eI1(1 of the Stocking vveb is tted 11 )on vVht iS knovvn aS Straighttransfer bor, a11(1 vvhen so poSitioned llpon the fronSfer bar theknitting is contin11ed to forIn the foot 1 by -tho f11ll faShionedInethod of kI1itting. It iS iectionab1e oondition by terIninoting thBreinfofoenleDt in the foof and hee1 ortionS of the Stooking Short of theedgeS 16 ond 17 thefeof. I1 the aoooInponying drofvingS tho feinfofoedpoftionS of the stooking have f)oen Shovvn by the felativoly hevy lineS,vl1ile the felotively light lineS fe )reSeIlt the poftionS of theStooking in Tvhioh a11 roinforoeIne11f haS been elinlinated.

I have fol1I1(1it preferable to tern1inate the reiIlforoiI1g in the hee1I)ortions 11 of the Stooking vveb tvvo of' three v7a leS ffon1 the outeredgeS f-hereof in oonSequenoe of vv11ich Ilaffovv StfiI)S of afeaS 18afo forIned in theSe hee1 poftionS vvhefein the generoI body of theStocking veb iS eXPosed. SiIniloI' StfiPS oI' areos 19, in vhioh a11SPlioing, Plaiting of reinforoing has been eIiIIIiIlated, fe forn1od inthe nargina1 edges of the foot portion of the stocking, In tlle SeoIningopefation non feinfofoed ofeS 19 of the foot afe brooght toget11eI aSore tho nonfoinfofced afeaS 18 of the hee1, the body of the seoIninoluding only the foorgina1 edgeS of the foot and 11eel poftionS of thestocking v7hefein a11 f oiI1 foroeInent haS been eliII1iIlated.obviouSly, this feSulfs in fhe rodootion of o seaII1 the body of vvhiohiS oonSiderobly lesS bulky than i11 those CoseS vvhefe tho feinforcedPoftioI1S of a Sfooking v7ofe bfought togethef in the Soon1ingoperation, the eSoltont seoIn being alInoSt as ffot aS the foinforcedbody )o 'tions of the foot ond hoe1. igofe 3 ShovvS noI1- feinforoededgoS 19 of the foot )oftion of t11e stooking brooght togof11eIreliIninofily to the SealT1ing operotion, vVhile igures ond 5 show theooInpleted SeaIn. It Wi11 be ob Sofved that this ooInpleted SeaIn,deSignated genefolly by the fefofenco non1ofo1 20, inollldeS only thenonreinforoed edges of the foot the b111k of the Sean1 being no Inorethan that vvhfoh iS rodnoed opon Sea.Ining to gether the longitodinollyextending edgeS of fhe leg Web 10 of the stocking.

In oC1(1ition to the fofegoing, I ha ve foond it eX edient to olin1inateo11 S licing, ploiting or reinforoing along the inneI' edges 15 of theheel tabS 13 of the stooking in ofdef to faoilitote ositioning theStooking Web I1I)on the transfer bar. 1y tefIIIiIlating thereiI1foI'ciI1g iI1 the hee1 tabs of the Stocking vveb il1St Short of thoinner edgeS 15 thereof if beooneS poSSible to diSpenSo vvith thot oPefa`tion in bar top ing knovvn oS loose courSe Inoking, thiS oPofotion beingnot oIlly tediouS but alSo fequifing tho cofef111 attentiofl of askilled operator.

It vvill be undefstood, of confSe, that the )resent invention IIlay bevaried of Inodified in Practioing the Sanle vitho1t dePrfing f1 oIn thefea1 SI)irit of the pfinoiPleS thereof, and it iS a,ooorCliI1glyintended to c1ain1 the invention bfoadly, as v7oll oS SPeoifioally, asindiooted byfhe apPended olaiII1s.

vVhat is olaiIned aS new ond I1SefL11 iS 1. f1 Inetho(1 of prodoCing, avSeaIn in the re inforoed foot and hee1 )ortions of a Stooking of othickneSS correSPonding s11bStantiolly to that of Sofdfeinforced ortionSvhioh con SiStS in fefI]1inatin the reinforoeInent Shoft of the edgeS ofSaid poftions of the stocking fvhereby to produce narrovv StripS ofnon-feinforced Webbing, and in Seanin together the edoe of the stocking,the body of the SealT1 includino only Soid nonreinfofced St1 i S of theWebbing.

2. A Inethod of forIning a fI111 foshioned Stooking vhich oonSiStS inreinforcing' the foot, toe and heel portionS thereof, terIninofing Saidfeinfofoing Shoft of the n1af in1 edgeS of soid foot, toe and hee1portions Whefeby to expoSe the Web of tho Stoo1ing at the Inarginal edgethereof, and inioining the porfions of the vveb So expoSed to forIn a.seoTn in the toe, foof and hee1 of the Stook ing of a thickneSSoorresponding SubStantio1- ly fo thot of tho feinfofoed LI'e.

3. In the Inetho(1 of seaTning the toe,foot and hee1 ortionS of f1111faShioned Stooking, the step of ternlinoting the llSllal reinforceInentin Said too, foot and hee1 portionS of the st0Ckin Short of theInarginal edgos theToof vVhereby to provide opooSed Inarginal stri S ofnonreinforoed vvebbing adapted to oonstit11te tho body. of theStookingseono.

4.- In o f]111 faShionod stocking hoving fe inforced toe, foot and heelpoftionS the rein foToenTent being terlT1inated short of the Inar ginaledgeS of Soid portionS of the stooking Whereby to ex oSe the Webthofeof, ond o Seam for ioining the opposed edgeS of Said re inforoedtoe, foof and hee1 porfionS to ether the body of WhiohConSiStS solely ofSaid ex poSed Web exoloSive of any reinforoing.

5. In o Stocking, reinforoed foot oftionS odo ted to be ioined togethe,Said foot portionS being each CharacteriZed in that the ro inforCenlenttherein terIninateS Short of tho Inarginol edge thoreof v7hefeby toprovide o Inarginol stri of Z10I1-reiI1forced vebbing, and o Seam forioining the oppoSed edgeS of Said poffionS togethef, the body of saidSeoIn conSiSfing solely of soid Stri )S of no 1fei11 oABL

